Wender·Vista
Edmonds ferry terminal
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileWashington
on the Puget Sound waterfront north of Seattle

Edmonds ferry terminal

— the boat that crosses while you wait.

Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
a note from the studio

A small terminal at the end of Main Street, where the green-and-white boat to Kingston pulls in every forty minutes. The dock cleats are sized for a vessel that carries cars by the hundred. Behind the loading lanes the town climbs a single block to a coffee shop and a bookstore; ahead, the Olympics carry the western horizon. The water is grey-green, the colour of cold milk and kelp. Gulls work the wake. Foot passengers walk on through a covered ramp; drivers wait in lanes painted on the asphalt, engines off, windows cracked for the salt air. A working terminal in a quiet town, with one of the Sound's better evening views built in. — from the studio

from the studio
Edmonds ferry terminal
— bring it home

Edmonds ferry terminal, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
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about Edmonds ferry terminal

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
the place

The Edmonds ferry terminal sits at the foot of Main Street in downtown Edmonds, Washington, about 15 miles north of Seattle on the Puget Sound. It is the eastern end of the Edmonds-Kingston route, one of the busiest in the Washington State Ferries system, with vessels crossing roughly every 40 to 50 minutes during the day. The route shaves more than an hour off the drive around the Sound for traffic bound for the Olympic Peninsula. The terminal sits beside the BNSF rail line and is a short walk from the downtown business district, the Edmonds Marina, and the public fishing pier at Brackett's Landing.

the light

Edmonds faces almost due west across the Sound to the Kitsap Peninsula and the Olympic Mountains. In the hour before sunset, the western sky lights up behind the silhouette of the range and the Kingston-bound boat moves through that light as it pulls away from the slip. The water tone is the cool, green-grey of cold inland sea, with a band of brighter Sound-blue between the kelp line and the far shore. Photographers gather on the public pier at Brackett's Landing North, just north of the slip, to catch the moment the ferry crosses the sun. Winter sunsets are the most dramatic; summer evenings stay light past 9:00 p.m.

the visit

The terminal operates daily, with the first sailing around 5:30 a.m. and the last around 1:00 a.m. Walk-on passengers can buy tickets at the terminal or use the Good To Go app; vehicles can reserve a sailing in advance through the WSDOT site to skip the standby line, which can run two hours long on summer weekends. Foot passengers and cyclists board through a covered overhead walkway. A train platform shared with Sounder and Amtrak Cascades runs alongside the terminal, so the ferry connects directly to commuter rail. The terminal is being rebuilt under the Edmonds Multimodal project; the current facility will eventually move to a new site.

where
United States · Edmonds, Snohomish County, Washington
elevation
3 m · 10 ft
position
47.8175° N · 122.3825° W
the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
0.2 km N
Brackett's Landing
waterfront park
1 km S
Edmonds Marina
marina
0.5 km S
Olympic Beach
beach
0.3 km N
Edmonds Underwater Park
marine sanctuary
13 km W
Kingston ferry terminal
ferry terminal
N
Edmonds ferry terminal
Brackett's Landing
Edmonds Marina
Olympic Beach
Edmonds Underwater Park
Kingston ferry terminal
common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Edmonds ferry terminal — and about bringing the piece home.
about the place

The Edmonds ferry terminal sits at the foot of Main Street in downtown Edmonds, Washington, about 15 miles north of Seattle on the Puget Sound. It is run by Washington State Ferries and serves the Edmonds-Kingston route.

The Edmonds ferry crosses Puget Sound to Kingston, on the Kitsap Peninsula. The crossing takes about 30 minutes and runs roughly every 40 to 50 minutes during the day, more frequently during commuter hours.

Vehicle waits at Edmonds vary from a single sailing on a weekday morning to two or more hours on summer weekends. Reserving a sailing through the Washington State Ferries website lets vehicles skip the standby line. Walk-on passengers rarely wait.

Yes. Foot passengers and cyclists board through a covered overhead walkway directly from the terminal building. Walk-on fares are paid at the terminal or via the Good To Go app, and walk-ons typically board after vehicles are loaded.

Yes. The Edmonds station, shared by Sound Transit's Sounder commuter rail and Amtrak Cascades, sits directly beside the ferry terminal. The ferry and the train share a platform area and a parking lot.

The hour before sunset, looking west across the Sound to the Olympic Mountains. The Brackett's Landing North pier just north of the slip is a public viewpoint and gives a clean line on the boat as it crosses the sun.

about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for customers with ties to the Sound. The Edmonds-Kingston run is a working part of daily life for thousands of households on both sides of the water, and the terminal at the end of Main Street is the town's front porch. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note carries well.

The cool blue-green Sound water and warm wooden dock tones suit Pacific Northwest, Coastal-modern, and Cottage interiors. The wide horizontal of the scene reads especially well in entryways, mudrooms, and waterfront homes, where the view itself is part of the room.

Yes. Coastal-modern has shifted away from sand-and-shell palettes toward cool, working-waterfront tones — greys, marine greens, fir. The Edmonds ferry scene fits that direction without leaning beachy, which makes it work for both urban and coastal homes.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large reads at the right scale and lets the boat hold its place in the composition. For wider walls, a four-tile Mural opens up the Sound horizon; a nine-tile Mural treats the scene as a full panorama. Above a console, a Medium works.

Yes. Order it in the Dura Satin or Matte finish for vertical installations in a bathroom, a kitchen backsplash, or a mudroom. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so steam and splashes do not affect it.

A soft microfibre cloth and warm water is all that is needed. No abrasive sponges, no harsh cleaners. The thin glossy finish wipes clean; the colour lives in the surface beneath it.

Yes. Every piece in the WenderVista atlas is original work by Reid Wender and is hand-finished in our Knoxville studio. The art is not licensed from any third party and is not available anywhere else.

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